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Week of Persecution

11/29/2015

What Persecuted Christians Need
by Ronne Rock
Mission Network News

We Are Called to Welcome
by Reagan Hoezee
Mission Network News

What We Are Forgetting
by Julie Bourdon
Mission Network News

Good News in Syria
by Lindsay Steele
Mission Network News

Federal Ban Sparks Outrage in Virginia
by Carrie Dedrick
Christian Headlines

Underground Revival in the Middle East
by JD King
Breaking Christian News

Christian TV Station Burns to Ground in Pakistan
by Saba Imtiaz
New York Times

Refugee Christians Return to Vietnam
by Alice Cuddy
The Phnom Penh Post

Christian Brothers Executed in Libya
ICC's Egypt Representative
International Christian Concern

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Week of Persecution

11/29/2015

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How Should the Church Respond?
by Katey Hearth
Mission Network News

Mali's Christians Are Vulnerable
by Katey Hearth
Mission Network News

Tennessee School Board Continues to Display Christian Flag
by Veronica Neffinger
Christian Headlines

Iraqi Christians in US Face Deportation
by Veronica Neffinger
Christian Headlines

Kingdoms Collide on the Blood Line
by Katey Hearth
Mission Network News

Victories in Jesus' Name
by Jay Fordice
Breaking Christian News

150 Christians Face Expulsion from Mexico
International Christian Concern

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Remember Me

11/22/2015

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“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you,
and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me."

Matthew 5:10-11

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Week of Persecution

11/22/2015

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Jesus Was A Refugee
by David Roach
Baptist Press

North Korean Church Needs Your Help
by Katey Hearth
Mission Network News

God's Word Comes Alive
by Katey Hearth
Mission Network News

A Fire of Faith
by Lindsay Steele
Mission Network News

Dozens Dead in Nigeria
by Veronica Neffinger
Christian Headlines

The People Need Jesus in Burundi
by Lindsay Steele
Mission Network News

News of Ukraine
by Lindsay Steele
Mission Network News

Children Forced to Become Muslim in Iraq?
by Julia A Seymour
World Mag

1,000 Schools Destroyed, Many of Them Christian
by Al Jazeera and Agence France-Presse
Al Jazeera

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Week of Persecution

11/21/2015

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Priest Provides Safe Haven for Iraqi Refugees
by Charlotte Florance
Newsweek

160 Year Old Church Reopens in Turkey
by Daily Sabah
Assyrian International News Agency

West Has Betrayed Christians of the East
by Florence Taylor
Christian Today

Christian Woman Loses Child after Beating in India
International Christian Concern

Boko Haram Most Deadly Terrorist Group
by Diana Chandler
Baptist Press

One Part of Complex Picture
by Jamie Dean
Christian Headlines

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Week of Persecution

11/21/2015

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Painful Realities
International Christian Concern

14 Christians Arrested in Iran
International Christian Concern

Justice Rare in Pakistan
by Julie A Seymour
Christian Headlines

Religion Law Cause for Concern in Vietnam
by Ruth Kramer
Mission Network News

Tennessee School District Bans Bible Distribution
by Veronica Neffinger
Christian Headlines

1,000 Churhes Forced to Close in Indonesia
by Veronica Neffinger
Christian Headlines

Forces Rally to Defend Syrian Christian Town
World Watch Monitor
Christian Headlines

US Seeks to Remove Christians from Genocidal Target List
by Tom Strode
Baptist Press

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Week of Persecution

11/15/2015

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Unimaginable Horror
by Stoyan Zaimov
Christian Post

Christians Tortured in China
UCA News Reporter
UCA News

Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide
by Illia Djadi
World Watch Monitor

Pakistani Christians Petition Supreme Court
by Ruth Gledhill
Christian Today

Influential Pastor Escapes Death
by Janelle P, Africa
Open Doors USA

Reverend Nicolas Guerekoyame-Gbangou

Last Hope for Christian Refugees
by Reagan Hoezee
Mission Network News

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Week of Persecution

11/15/2015

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Where Does the Church Stand under Communism
by Andrew Kerr
International Christian Concern

Indonesia's Religious Harmony Law Closed 1,000 Churches
by Morgan Lee
Christianity Today

House Church Members Detained
Prayer Alert, November 11th, 2015
Release International

Taiwanese Pastor Detained in China
by Veronica Neffinger
Christian Headlines

Bangladeshi Christians Accused of Witchcraft
by Veronica Neffinger
Christian Headlines

Send a Food Box
Open Doors

Pakistani Women Face Violent Persecution
by Reagan Hoezee
Mission Network News

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Week of Persecution

11/12/2015

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Kurdish Army Holding the Line...
by Chris Mitchell
Breaking Christian News

Church Provides Tiny Houses
by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Christianity Today

Photograph Courtesy Larry McCormack

More Freedom, Less Oppression in Myanmar?
by Katey Hearth
Mission Network News

Tearing Down the Cross in China
by Ruth Kramer
Mission Network News

ISIS Releases Dozens of Christian Hostages
by News Staff, CBN
Breaking Christian News

Trapped inside Aleppo
by Veronica Neffinger
Christian Headlines

Christian Boy Found
by Veronica Neffinger
Christian Headlines

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Gifts for the Persecuted

11/7/2015

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Gifts for the Persecuted
Persecution Magazine, November 2015
International Christian Concern

Most people think persecution is only when a pastor is killed or imprisoned. Actually, persecution is a very systematic and multi-dimensional problem that involves generational poverty, massive educational deficits, job discrimination, denial of basic legal rights, lack of access to legal help, etc. These issues don’t capture headlines the way an imprisoned pastor or a church bombing does, but they are core to the persecution story and have devastating effects on entire Christian populations.

All the issues listed above are best answered with long-term and strategic solutions from within the country. Providing education, vocational training, TWENTY YEARS In-Country Staff In-Country Directors In-Country Centers 2009 to Present 2015 2016 micro-loans, and legal services all help break the long-term issues of persecution. Our past work has been tilted towards the reactive and short-term (bandaging) as opposed to the strategic and long-term (building).

We started with advocacy, and then added assistance to our services. We then moved into awareness and built a reputation for being responsive and having reliable information about persecuted countries. We now have the largest news outlets in the world contact us on big cases.

Next, we started hiring solid in-country staff on the ground, and most recently have begun to hire in-country directors which allow us to greatly expand our ability to serve the persecuted.

We are now at the point in several key countries that we can really push villages and towns to another level by providing legal services (that greatly reduce false charges against Christians or bring persecutors to justice), education (scholastic and vocational) to move Christians forward in their societies, micro-lending (through talented partners) and a host of other services that will address long term, endemic and entrenched persecution.

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Persecuted saints benefit most from your heartfelt and earnest prayer.

Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial;
for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
James 1:12

'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the
devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so
that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 2:10

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Trials make the promise sweet;
Trials give new life to prayer;
Trials bring me to His feet,
Lay me low, and keep me there.

"God often takes away our comforts and our privileges in order to make us better Christians. He trains His soldiers not in tents of ease and luxury, but by turning them out and subjecting them to forced marches and hard service. He makes them ford through streams, and swim through rivers, and climb mountains, and walk many long miles with heavy backpacks of sorrow. Well, Christian, may this not account for the troubles through which you are passing? Is the Lord bringing out your graces and making them grow? Is it for this reason He contends with you?"

Read Why Do I Face Trials?,
by Alistair Begg, Truth for Life Daily, at One Place

Christian persecution is just a phenomenon in the
Middle East.

Christians aren’t greatly
impacted by persecution.

Whatever persecution there is, the damage is superficial - more a loss of multicultural diversity than anything else.

Christians supposedly bring persecution upon themselves by proselytizing.

Persecution couldn’t
happen here.

Please read 5 Myths about Persecution of Christians, by
Kristin Wright, at Religion Today.

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